Wild fans seem to be cautiously trying on some confidence in advance of this series.
Minnesotans are such pitiful sports fans. We've been stomped on so many times, by every one of our teams, it's just a miserable existence. Having confidence is a high risk game for us to play, and most of us are reticent to show much of it at all.
I stand by what I said before: until the Wild beats Chicago in a series, the Hawks own us. I have a hard time working up any bile for the Hawks overall. They just play the game, hard, fast and well. That being said, I do think this Wild team is capable of beating the Hawks in a series, and I wouldn't have said that the past two playoffs.
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